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Cinderella Man [HD]

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Released: 2006-05-09

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Cinderella Man [HD] HD-DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, Ron Canada, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Gene Pyrz, Alicia Johnston, Troy Amos-Ross, Mark Simmons, Art Binkowski, David Litziinger, Rance Howard, Angelo Dundee

Director(s): Ron Howard

Features:
Feature commentary wit director Ron Howard
Feature commentary with writer Akiva Goldsman
Feature commentary with writer Cliff Hollinhsworth
Deleted scenes with commentary by Ron Howard
The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man
The Man, The Movie, The Legend: A filmmaking journey
For the record: A history in boxing
Ringside seats: The filmmakers give a blow-by-blow commentary on the original Baer-Braddock fight
Jim Braddock: The friends & family behing the legend
Pre-fight preparations
Lights, Camera, Action: The fight from every angle
The sound of the bell
Braddock vs Baer fight footage
Photo montage
Cinderella Man music featurette
Russell Crowe's personal journey: Becoming Jim Braddock
The human face of the depression

Cinderella Man [HD] HD-DVD Details

Video:
Cinemascope
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo
Language:
English
Spanish
French
Subtitles:
English, Spanish, French

Running Time: 145
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 025192784521
Product Code: MHV61027845HD
Format: HD-DVD
Year:2005
Studio: Universal Studios

Cinderella Man [HD] HD-DVD Summary The true story of an athlete who achieved his greatest success against the most daunting odds of his life is brought to the screen in this historical drama.

In the 1920s, James Braddock (Russell Crowe) from Bergen, NJ, was a promising contender in professional boxing; he had strength, spirit, and tenacity, but the combination of a serious hand injury and a 1929 defeat in a bout with light heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran sent his career into a serious tailspin.

As Braddock's career in the ring dried up, the Great Depression put a stake through the heart of America's economy, and Braddock found himself working at the New York docks for pitiful wages as he tried to support his wife, Mae (Renée Zellweger), and three children.

Desperate for money, Braddock turned to his former trainer and manager Joe Gould (Paul Giamatti), who was unexpectedly able to scare up a bout for him, battling John Griffin at Madison Square Garden.

While conventional wisdom had it that Braddock was too old, out of shape, and out of practice to have any chance of winning, he defeated Griffin, and continued beating his opponents with a powerful left hook that had been intensified by years of punishing dock work.

In a nation desperate for good news, Braddock's surprising comeback became a tonic to struggling workers and unemployed people, and all eyes were on Braddock when in 1935 he took on powerful heavyweight champion Max Baer (Craig Bierko) in what was both literally and figuratively the fight of his life.